# near vs sounds

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### near
*adjective · IPA […] · frequency rank #33,730*
nahe

### sounds
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #14,674*
3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sound

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/near-vs-sounds